JPH10243078A - Cordless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To omit work for individually registering communication destination information common for every communication terminal equipment and to save time or labor required of the registration work by exchanging the communication destination information stored in storage means between respective pieces of communication terminal equipment and newly registering or updating the communication destination information at every communication terminal equipment. SOLUTION: A hand set 100 and a base unit 200 have memories for storing telephone directory data and RF parts for performing mutual radio communication. When the collating processing of telephone directory data is started buy operating the key input part of hand set 100 or base unit 200, the telephone directory data stored in the memory of counter equipment are collated with the telephone directory data at present equipment. When both the telephone directory data are coincident, the collation is finished as it is but when these data are not coincident, differential data are added to the telephone directory data of present equipment. Thus, the telephone directory data can be collated and updated according to the will of user and processing is enabled corresponding to the conditions of utilization.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a communication system such as a cordless telephone having a telephone directory function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a cordless telephone system (including a digital cordless telephone and a personal handy phone system (PHS)), the number of functions has been increased, and models in which both a base unit and a handset have a telephone directory function have appeared. I have. That is, this is provided with a memory for storing a large number of telephone numbers and names of the other party in each of the master unit and the slave unit.
In particular, with digital cordless telephones, by contracting with a PHS carrier, it is possible to connect a slave unit to a public base station outdoors and use it as a mobile phone, and it is more likely that the slave unit alone will walk around. The telephone directory function of the slave unit is essential.

[0003]

However, in the conventional cordless telephone system as described above, when each of the slave unit and the base unit has a telephone directory function individually, the registration operation of the telephone directory data is performed by The operation is performed separately for the slave unit and the master unit, and the operation is complicated. In particular, registration of a name is a very complicated operation, such as inputting characters by the number of times of pressing a numeric key, and requires considerable time and labor. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cordless communication system that can simplify the work of registering destination data for a plurality of terminal devices.

[0004]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cordless communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminals each having a storage means capable of storing a large number of communication destination information. Transmitting / receiving means for exchanging communication destination information stored in the storage means between the respective communication terminal apparatuses; and in each of the communication terminal apparatuses, the storage of its own terminal apparatus based on the communication destination information received by the transmitting / receiving means. And information management means for newly registering or updating communication destination information in the means.

In the cordless communication system having the above configuration, communication destination information stored in the storage means is exchanged between the communication terminal devices, and the communication destination information in each terminal device is newly registered or updated. Therefore, the work of individually registering the communication destination information common to each communication terminal device can be omitted. Therefore, the time and labor required for this registration work can be reduced.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 3 are block diagrams showing a first embodiment of a cordless telephone system to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a state in which telephone directory data is exchanged between 00 and a base unit 200. FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a slave unit 100 of the cordless telephone system, and FIG.
Shows the configuration of the parent device 200 of the present cordless telephone system. As shown in FIG. 2, a slave unit 100 of the cordless telephone system includes an MPU 2 for controlling the entire slave unit 100 and a memory 4 for storing various data such as a telephone directory.
And RF unit 6 for performing wireless communication with master device 200
A protocol processing unit 8 for controlling a wireless communication procedure; a receiving speaker 10; a transmitting microphone 12; a voice processing unit 14 for converting an electric signal and a voice signal; It has a timer 16, a key input unit 18 for performing various key inputs, and a display unit 20 such as an LCD for displaying various data.

As shown in FIG. 3, a base unit 200 of the cordless telephone system includes an MPU 32 for controlling the whole base unit 200, a memory 34 storing various data such as a telephone directory, and a slave unit. R for performing wireless communication with
F unit 36, a protocol processing unit 38 for controlling a wireless communication procedure, a receiving speaker 40, and a transmitting microphone 42
And an audio processing unit 4 for performing conversion between an electric signal and an audio signal
4, a timer 46 for performing various timings, a key input unit 48 for performing various key inputs, a display unit 50 such as an LCD for displaying various data, a line connector 52 connected to a telephone line, And a line control unit 54 for controlling connection of a telephone line. As shown in FIG. 1, in this example, the RF units 6 and 36 and the protocol processing units 8 and 38
The telephone directory data stored in the memories 4 and 34 is transmitted and received by the wireless communication according to.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are block diagrams showing a second embodiment of a cordless telephone system to which the present invention is applied. In this cordless telephone system, a telephone directory is It is a block diagram showing a state in which data is exchanged. FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the slave unit 102 of the present cordless telephone system, and FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the base unit 202 of the present cordless telephone system.

As shown in FIG. 5, a slave unit 102 of the cordless telephone system has a connector unit 22 for making a wired connection with a master unit 202 in addition to the configuration of the slave unit 100 shown in FIG. Things. As shown in FIG. 6, a base unit 202 of the cordless telephone system includes a connector unit 62 for performing a wired connection with the slave unit 102 in addition to the configuration of the base unit 200 shown in FIG. It is.

As shown in FIG. 4, in this example, the connector section 22 and the connector section 62 are connected by a cable 60,
The telephone directory data stored in the memories 4 and 34 is transmitted and received by wired communication. The wired connection for transmitting and receiving the telephone directory data as described above includes a method of connecting the terminals by crimping the terminals in addition to the cable connection as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 7 to 9 are block diagrams showing a third embodiment of a cordless telephone system to which the present invention is applied. FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a state in which telephone directory data is exchanged between them. FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the slave unit 104 of the present cordless telephone system, and FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the base unit 204 of the present cordless telephone system.

As shown in FIG. 8, a handset 104 of the cordless telephone system includes an infrared transmitting / receiving unit 24 for performing infrared communication with a base unit 204 in addition to the configuration of handset 100 shown in FIG. And an infrared circuit controller 26 for controlling the infrared transmitter / receiver 24. Also, as shown in FIG.
Is a child device 104 in addition to the configuration of the parent device 200 shown in FIG.
An infrared transmission / reception unit 54 for performing infrared communication with the camera, and an infrared circuit control unit 66 for controlling the infrared transmission / reception unit 64
Are provided. As shown in FIG. 7, in this example,
The infrared transmitting and receiving units 24 and 64 are connected to the infrared circuit control units 26 and 6
6, the telephone directory data stored in the memories 4 and 34 is transmitted and received by infrared communication.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the operation of transmitting and receiving telephone directory data by a manual operation of the user in the cordless telephone system according to each of the above-described embodiments. This operation is referred to as a manual mode. First, the key input units 18 and 48 of the slave unit or the master unit
When the start key for designating the phonebook data collation processing is input (S1), the phonebook data stored in the memory of the partner device is received by any of the above-described wireless communication, wire communication, or infrared communication. Then, it is compared with the telephone directory data of its own device (S2). Then, it is determined whether or not both telephone directory data match (S3), and if they match, the process ends. If they do not match, the difference data is added to the telephone directory data of the own device and written (S4), and the process ends.

The process of collating and updating the telephone directory data may be performed by the child device and the parent device at the same time, or only the child device or the parent device may copy the telephone directory data of the other party. You may make it take in and take it. Further, even when the operation is performed simultaneously by the slave unit and the master unit, the operation can be simplified by operating only one of the key input units and activating both to perform the simultaneous processing. In the manual mode as described above, the process of collating and updating the telephone directory data can be performed according to the user's intention, and the process according to the use state of the cordless telephone system can be performed.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an operation when transmitting and receiving telephone directory data by an automatic operation of the user in the cordless telephone system according to each of the above-described embodiments. This operation is called an automatic mode. In this case, the user sets in advance the automatic mode and the setting of the time interval for collating the telephone directory data with the key input units 18 and 48 of the slave unit or the master unit. This setting information is stored in the memories 3 and 34.

Thereafter, in FIG. 11, the slave unit or the master unit first determines whether or not the collation of the telephone directory data can be performed (S11). This means that, in addition to determining whether the device is set to the automatic mode, whether the other device is within the communicable range in the case of wireless communication, and whether the cable is connected in the case of wired communication In the case of infrared communication, it includes determination as to whether or not there is a positional relationship capable of transmitting and receiving infrared rays. These functions are provided in a known device.

If the telephone directory data can be compared, it is determined whether or not the set time interval has elapsed since the previous check (S12). If not, the process ends. When the set time interval has elapsed, the telephone book data stored in the memory of the partner device is received by any of the above-described wireless communication, wired communication, or infrared communication, and the telephone directory of the own device is received. Check with data (S1
3). Then, it is determined whether or not both telephone directory data match (S14), and if they match, the process ends. If they do not match, the difference data is added to the telephone directory data of the own device and written (S15).
finish.

The process of collating and updating the telephone directory data may be performed by the child device and the parent device at the same time, or only one of the child device and the parent device may copy the telephone directory data of the other party. You may make it take in and take it. Further, even when the setting is performed simultaneously by the slave unit and the master unit, the operation can be simplified if only one setting is performed and both are activated and the simultaneous processing is performed. In the automatic mode as described above, the process of collating and updating the telephone directory data can be performed regardless of the operation of the user.

In the above operation example, the telephone directory data is updated by writing the difference data. However, the logical sum of the two telephone directory data is calculated, and the logical sum data is rewritten. It is also possible to adopt a simple system. Further, it is a matter of course that a new terminal device is newly registered instead of updating the telephone directory data.

Further, in the above example, an example in which the telephone directory data is collated and updated between the parent device and the child device has been described. The same operation may be used to collate and update the telephone directory data. Further, the present invention is not limited to a telephone-type terminal device such as a mobile phone or a PHS, and may be constructed as a system for collating and updating FAX destination data between a portable FAX or the like and a personal computer communication system. It is possible.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the communication destination information stored in the respective storage means is exchanged between the respective communication terminal devices constituting the cordless communication system, and the respective communication terminal devices communicate with each other. Newly register or update communication destination information. For this reason, the work of individually registering the communication destination information common to each communication terminal device can be omitted, and the time and labor required for the registration work can be reduced. In addition, common communication destination information can be shared in the system, which has the effect of contributing to the construction of a unified system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a state in which telephone directory data is exchanged between a child device and a parent device in a cordless telephone system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a slave unit of the cordless telephone system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base unit of the cordless telephone system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a state in which telephone directory data is exchanged between a child device and a parent device in the cordless telephone system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a slave unit of the cordless telephone system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base unit of the cordless telephone system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a state in which telephone directory data is exchanged between a child device and a parent device in a cordless telephone system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a slave unit of the cordless telephone system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base unit of the cordless telephone system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation in a manual mode according to each of the above embodiments.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation in an automatic mode according to each embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2, 32 MPU, 4, 34 Memory, 6, 36
... RF unit, 8, 38 Protocol processing unit, 10, 40
... Speaker, 12, 42 ... Microphone, 14, 44 ...
Voice processing section, 16, 46 Timer, 18, 48 Key input section, 20, 50 Display section, 22, 62 Connector section, 24, 64 Infrared transmitting / receiving section, 26, 66
... Infrared circuit controller, 52 ... Line connector, 54 ...
Line controller, 60 ... cable, 100, 102, 10
6. Child machine, 200, 202, 204 ... Master machine.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A cordless communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminal devices each having a storage device capable of storing a large number of communication destination information, wherein the plurality of communication terminal devices store the communication destination information in the storage device. Transmission / reception means for exchanging communication destination information, and information management means for newly registering or updating communication destination information in the storage means of the own terminal device based on the communication destination information received by the transmission / reception means in each of the communication terminal devices. A cordless communication system comprising: 2. The cordless communication system according to claim 1, wherein said storage means constitutes a telephone directory function storing a large number of telephone number information. 3. The cordless communication system according to claim 2, wherein said communication terminal device is a mobile phone. 4. The cordless communication system according to claim 2, wherein said communication terminal device is a PHS terminal. 5. The cordless communication system according to claim 2, wherein said communication terminal devices are a master unit and a slave unit of a cordless telephone. 6. The cordless communication system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission / reception means transmits and receives communication destination information by wireless communication. 7. The cordless communication system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission / reception means transmits and receives communication destination information by wire communication. 8. The cordless communication system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission / reception means transmits and receives communication destination information by infrared rays. 9. The information management means compares the communication destination information of the partner terminal device received by the transmission / reception means with the communication destination information of its own terminal device, calculates a logical sum thereof, and stores the logical sum again in the storage means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
A cordless communication system as described. 10. The information management unit compares the communication destination information of the partner terminal device received by the transmission / reception unit with the communication destination information of the own terminal device, and adds and stores the difference in a storage unit. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
A cordless communication system as described. 11. The cordless system according to claim 1, wherein the process of newly registering or updating the communication destination information is automatically performed between the communication terminal devices based on a predetermined condition. Communications system. 12. The cordless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the process of newly registering or updating the communication destination information is manually performed by a predetermined operation of a user.